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NITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM P. DUNLAP, OF MAQUOKETA, IOWA.

WAGON BODY OR RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 507,262, dated October24, 1893.

Application filed September 15, 1892. Serial No. 445,936. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. DUNLAP,a citizen of the United States,residing at Maquoketa, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new, useful, and valuable Improvement in Wagon Bodiesor Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention has relation to collapsible bodies or hay racks to be usedon wagons; said body or hay rack being also adapted to be converted intoa crate for carrying sheep, hogs, calves, or other animals; and it isthe object of my invention that the said wagon body or hay rack beconstructed in sections, that can be easily put together and when puttogetherfirmly held together by suitable irons and braces; and when thesaid body or rack is not in use the sections can be taken apart andpacked away in a very small space.

My invention consists in the novel construction and arrangements of itsparts as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1,is a perspective view of the hayrack. Fig. 2, is a back end View of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a back view ofthe hay rack put together as a crate for carrying live-stock and Figs.4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, are detailed views of the castings and ironsused in my invention.

My invention is described as follows :The rack consists of the crosspieces 1, having secured to their upper edges the boards 2, said crosspieces 1, extending from each side of the wagon to about the middle andat the middle the inner end of one cross piece abuts against the innerend of the opposite cross piece which extends from the other side of thewagon. The inner ends of these cross pieces are beveled and on the upperedge of one cross piece is secured the casting 3, and on the upper edgeof the opposite cross piece is secured the casting 4. These castings aresecured at the inner ends of the said cross pieces and are adapted tointerlock with each other and thereby hold the cross pieces together inthe center.

The castings are described as follows :The casting 3, consists of a fiatplate 5, having the right angle upward extension 6, and in the middle ofthe upper edge of the said right angle extension is arearwardly curvedlug 7.

The casting 4, consists of a fiat plate 8, having on its inner end theknuckle 9, adapted to fit over the angle extension 6, of casting 5; saidknuckle having in its top a suitable perforation 10, through whichpasses the rear- Wardly extending lug 7. Thus I form a connection at theinner ends of the cross pieces 1, and said connection can only be brokenby raising the outer end of one of the cross pieces 1, and slipping theextension 6, and the lug 7, out of the knuckle. Near the outer ends ofthe said cross pieces 1, and on the upper edges are secured the eyes 11,which are adapted to be engaged by the hooks 12. The eye consists of thelongitudinally elongated head 13, (see Fig. 10,) having the shank 14,extending down from its middle, the lower end of said shank beingprovided with a suitable thread and nut whereby it is secured to thesaid cross pieces. The hook 12, consists of a perforated shank 15,whereby it is secured to the inner lower edge of the perpendicular piece16, the hooked end 40 being adapted to engage the head of the eye 11.

There are as many uprights 16, as there are cross pieces on one side ofthe rack and each cross piece 1, is provided on its end with an eye 11,and each upright 16, has on its lower end a hook 12. The uprights 16,are connected by the planks 17, which may be secured to the saiduprights close together or far apart as desired thereby forming sides tothe rack, and the cross pieces 1, together with the boards 2, form afalse bottom to the said rack. The upright 18, commonly called the reinholder is attached'at its lower end to one of the cross pieces 1, nearits inner end. Said upright 18, has near its upper end an ordinaryperforation 19. The sides of the rack are held together at their frontand upper ends by the irons 20, and 21. The outer ends of these ironsare provided with suitable loops which fit over the upper ends of thefront upright 16, and the inner ends of the irons are bolted togetheraround the upright 18; the iron 21, having a suitable recess bent in itsinner end to receive the said upright. The rear ends of the sides arebraced by the iron rods 22, the upper ends of which are secured bysuitable eyes to the rear uprights and the lower ends of the said rods22, are provided with suitable hooks which are adapted ICO to engagesuitable eyes 23, on the rear cross pieces of the rack, (see Fig. 2.

In Figs. 2 and 3; 24, represents the platform of the wagon body and 25,represents the cross pieces underneath the platform. Running lengthwiseof the wagon and on each side of the platform 24, and secured near theouter ends of the cross pieces 25, are the pieces 26, said pieces 26,having on their upper edges the yokes 27, and there are as in any ofthese yokes as there are cross pieces 1. The said yokes 27, are adaptedto hold the outer ends of the said cross pieces 1. The said yokes 27,consist of a vU-shaped casting 28, having swiveled in its bottom thebolt 29, the lower end of which is provided with a suitable thread andnut. The perpendicular sides of the U-shaped castings are provided withthe perforations 30. Said perforations are adapted to hold the key 31,which passes through each perpendicular side. One end of thesaid key 31,is provided with the lug 32, and on the other end of the said key andopposite side to which the lug 32, is secured, is the weight 33, whichprevents the said key from going entirely through the perforations 30.The cross pieces 1, fit down between the upright sides of the yoke andthe key is run through the two sides of the yoke and a correspondingperforation in the said cross piece 1, and when the said key is in theweighted end will swing down and turn the lug 32, up, thereby preventingthe said key from slipping or jolting out and itcannot be removed untilthe lug 32, is turned down and allowed to pass out of the correspondingdownward extension of the perforation 30.

WVhen I wish to convert my rack into a crate for carrying live-stock,the keys of the said yokes are removed, the braces 22, are raised andthe irons 20, and 21, are removed;

Then by swinging the uprights 16, down on the platform the hooks 12, ared sengaged from the eyes 11, and the said uprights and attachments canbe removed. Then the outer ends of one set of cross pieces 1, are raisedand the castings in the middle thereby disen gaged, as above described.Then the false bottom of the rack is removed. The yokes 28, have twosets of perforations in their sides, the upper and the lower. The upperset is used to hold the cross pieces 1. The keys are now placed in thelower sets of perforations and the said yokes are thereby converted intoeyes which have the same function as the eye 11. The hooks 12, arecaught under the keys. The uprights 16,are swung up and at each end ofthe crate between each side is placed a gate 34:, and the hooks 22, aresecured in suitable eyes in the opposite upright (see Fig. 3).

Thus I form a Wagon body or rack that is simple in construction, easilyhandled, convenient for packing away and economically and substantiallybuilt, and

Having thus described it, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

In acollapsible wagon body or rack having its bottom in sections, acasting having an angle extension and a rearwardly extending lug, acasting having a knuckle adapted to fit over said angle extension, saidknuckle having a suitable perforation adapted to hold said rearwardlyextending lug, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. DUNLAP.

Witnesses:

O. H. MOGAFFERY, CHAS. P. CARMAN.

